Caletios

Caletios (?-260 BC) was the king of the Swiss Insubres tribe of the Alps, with his capital at Medhlan. Caletios reigned during a period of Roman expansion, and he unwisely chose to attack Rome's friend Senorix of Liguria in 262 BC. Lucius Julius Libo, a Roman general, led an expeditionary army of 6,800 legionaries of Legio II Augusta to relieve the siege of Medhlan. Caletios's army withdrew back into Cisalpina, but the Romans gave chase and he was engaged in the battle of Medhlan. He led his cavalry into battle with the Roman troops in melee, and the Roman javelinmen hurled pila into the fray. His shield took three javelins, but he was impaled in the back by a fourth and Caletios was killed. His army collapsed, and it would not be long before his successor Caniccios was defeated and the Insubres conquered.